Cherry-pick Log4j 2.17 fixes into release/0.12
Original MRs: !319 (merged), !320 (merged), !322 (merged), and !323 (merged)
Part of the #103 (closed) Series
Original MRs: !319 (merged), !320 (merged), !322 (merged), and !323 (merged)
Part of the #103 (closed) Series